since the closing of our E.R and turned into an Urgent Care centre, we have lost 1 life too many. Time is critical! Travelling an extra 15 min. can mean the matter of life and death!! Invite your friends to join!!
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Urgent Vs Emergency Care - What’s the Difference?
* A full-service ER takes every level of patient, from those suffering a life-threatening heart attack or car accident, to those with a minor ear infection or sprained ankle.
* Urgent or Prompt Care Centres (these terms are interchangeable) are for those patients who have bumps and bruises, mild infections or injuries.
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Oinarrizko informazioa
- Izena:
- Port Colborne General Hospital- WE WANT OUR E.R. BACK NOW!!
- Kategoria:
- Interes komunak - Osasuna eta ongizatea
- Deskribapena:
- AS YOU JOIN, ALSO INVITE PEOPLE ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST!!
Urgent Vs Emergency Care - What’s the Difference?
* A full-service ER takes every level of patient, from those suffering a life-threatening heart attack or car accident, to those with a minor ear infection or sprained ankle.
* Urgent or Prompt Care Centres (these terms are interchangeable) are for those patients who have bumps and bruises, mild infections or injuries.
* Niagara EMS paramedics do not take emergency cases to... (gehiago irakurri) - Pribatutasun Mota:
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Harremanetarako bideak
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- Port Colborne, ON
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Key Facts
* Port Colborne Site's ER Department will convert to an Urgent Care Centre (targeting July 2009).
* Douglas Memorial Site's ER Department will convert to an Urgent Care Centre (targeting September 2009).
* Both Centres will be open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
* The doctors/nurses staffing the Urgent Care Centres will have the same training as ER staff, with the same equipment – they can handle any case that comes in.
* The majority (up to 95%) of the patients who now come to these sites for their emergency care will continue to be served in Fort Erie and Port Colborne.
* Serious emergency and life-threatening cases will go by ambulance or car to full-service ERs in Welland or Niagara Falls or beyond, as their medical condition dictates.
* For Port Colborne and Fort Erie sites, the main differences in the service are that ambulances will no longer bring emergency patients to these sites and patients will no longer be admitted directly to inpatient beds at these sites.
* As has been the case for the past few years, patients will be transferred to a larger Niagara Health site for consultations with specialists and when they need sophisticated diagnostic tests.
* At Niagara Health Emergency and Urgent/Prompt Care departments, new medical directives allow specially-trained RNs to order blood work and diagnostic tests to help reduce the wait time for patients being assessed and treated.
Residents have been assured that walk-in patients requiring emergency care will still get the treatment they need at Port Colborne hospital.
Yesterday Niagara Health System held an information session to educate the public that while plans call for the emergency department to be downgraded to an urgent care centre, that doesn’t mean the hospital is closing its doors, said Marcia Ladouceur, emergency services clinical manager at Welland and Port Colborne hospitals.
“If you chose to go to Port Colborne (drive yourself or walk in) ... they can still care for you, treat you, stabilize you and transfer you to the site that gives you the definitive care you need,” she said.
Ladouceur said nurses and physicians staffing the urgent care centre will have necessary training, so they are more than capable of stabilizing patients and then having them transferred to other sites — something the hospital has been doing for years.
Ladouceur said the changes to services at the hospital are happening because for years it has been difficult to get the specialist physicians to the lakeside community because it didn’t have a big volume of patients. Many patients for the past several years have been transferred to Welland for treatment. The standards of care have also changed requiring more sophisticated diagnostics and treatments.
When patients are sick, it’s important people think about what services they need before heading off to the hospital, Ladouceur said. If it’s something that isn’t urgent, and a physician isn’t available, then it they should go to the urgent care centre. If a person needs to be admitted to hospital or needs a specialist, they should go to an emergency department.
“If you are having difficulty breathing, chest pain, or symptoms of a stroke, call 911,” she said to an afternoon group of about 15 people.
Medical and surgical clinics will still be available to outpatients. Clinics for blood transfusions, medication infusions, “lumps and bumps,” and non-urgent specialist consultations will continue.
As well, under a revised plan for the Port Colborne site, the hospital will have 46 complex care beds. A hospitalist physician specialist and a nurse practitioner will be responsible for medical care of those patients, Ladouceur said.
About 20,880 patients are seen at Port Colborne hospital each year, or about 57 patients a day. About 95% of those patients will still be cared for through the new urgent care centre, she said.